Cougars hold off late rally by Tigers

12:33 AM,
Feb. 8, 2014

Written by

Eric Narcisse
enarcisse@theadvertiser.com

Coaches often times harp on the importance of playing defense, making free throws and doing the little things in order to win basketball games.

On Friday, the St. Thomas More Cougars reap the benefits of playing stifling team defense and receiving clutch free throw shooting from Andrew Stoma, as they defeated the St. Martinville Tigers 53-47 in District 5-4A action.

"When coming into to play a great program like St. Martinville where they have so much history, you know it is going to be tough to come out with a win," Cougars head coach Danny Broussard said. "We did a great job of guarding them. Our ...